બેઠક Bethak

ભાણેજે ભાગ નહીં, ને જમાઈએ લાગ નહીં.

bhāṇējē bhāga nahīṁ, nē jamāīē lāga nahīṁ.

Literally
A sister's son has no share in the inheritance, and a son-in-law has no claim.
What it means
Relatives by marriage or through sisters have no legal right to ancestral family property.

Also said as

  • ભાત મેલીએ, પણ સાથ ન મેલીએ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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